Whip-holder



(No Model.)

A. HALL.

WHIP HOLDER.

No. 400,452 Patehted Aplu 2, 1889.-

M/VENTUI? WITNESSES M-WW:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

- WHIP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,452, dated April 2, 1889.

Application filed July 26, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HALL, of Brook-- rod connected with the swinging end of said:-

link.

The invention also consists of the construction and combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved whip-holder, parts being broken out. Fig 2 is a top view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sec tional view on line 00 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

On the face of aboard, B, a U-shaped wire, A, is applied to slide longitudinally by means of suitable staples, C, the lower closed end of said wire being bent to project from the face of the board, and also bent to form a U-shaped recess, D. The upper ends of the shanks of said wire .A are bent to project in the direction from the face of the board and form pivots E, on each of which a rubber or other gripping roller, F, or whip-grip is secured. The outer ends of said pivots E project through longitudinal slots in the links H, pivoted by pintles J to the face of the board. A guidestrip, K, is secured on the board and extends over the upper ends of the shanks of the wire A. By pushing the wire A upward the links H and rollers F are swung from each other, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the upper end of the whip can be inserted between the rollers, the lower part of the whip being passed into the recess D in the lower closed end of the wire A.. Then said wire is Serial No. 281,059. (No model.)

pressed downward, whereby the rollers F are swung toward each other and grip on the upper or snapper end of the whip and hold the same, so that the whip is now suspended by its upper or snapper end from said rollers. When the whip is to be removed, the wire A is pushed upward, whereby the rollers F are swung from each other and the whip released.

My improved whip-holder holds the whip in such a manner that it hangs vertically, and thus can keep straight when held in the same, and cannot bend or twist under the actions of the moisture, &c., in the stable. As the rollers F are swung from each other before removing the whip, there is no danger of tearing off the snapper.

If desired, one roller or grip may be fixed, and only one mounted to swing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a whip-holder, the combination, with the swinging whip-grip, of a longitudinallymovable wire for operating the same, substantially as set forth.

2. In a whip-holder, the combination, with a pivoted link, of a whip-grip on the swinging end of the same, and a longitudinallymovable wire for swinging said link, substantially as set forth.

3. In a whip-holder, the combination, with swinging links, of whip-grips in the swinging ends of the same, a longitudinally-movable U-shaped wire connected with the swinging ends of the links and having its lower end bent outward and provided with a recess for receiving the thicker part of the whip, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a whip-holder, the combination, with I a board, D, of a longitudinally-movable wire, I 

